Cardiac arrest & resuscitation

Outcomes after cardiac arrest in Medical Intensive Care Unit: A propensity score matching analysis of COVID-19 medical intensive care unit (MICU) vs non COVID-19 MICU cardiac arrest

ResuscitationPublished Retrospective cohort study

Study context

Population
Patients with MICU in-hospital cardiac arrestmatched: 40 vs 200
Participants
516 patients
Exposure
COVID-19 vs non-COVID-19 MICU in-hospital cardiac arrest
  • COVID-19n = 51
  • non-COVID-19n = 465reference
Outcome
Survival to hospital discharge
Methodological detailspropensity-score matched, Cleveland Clinic Health System, NE Ohio
  • Propensity-score matched
  • Cleveland Clinic Health System, NE Ohio

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Survival to hospital discharge (matched cohorts) · hospital discharge
  • COVID-19 vs non-COVID-19: P = 0.67
  • Propensity-score matched (40 COVID-19 vs 200 non-COVID-19)

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Survival to hospital discharge (unmatched)

P = 0.03

Mean

OutcomeCOVID-19non-COVID-19P value
APACHE III score at ICU admission (unmatched)70 (SD 32.9)101.3 (SD 39.6)P = <0.01

ICU and hospital length of stay, neurological outcomes at discharge (matched survivors)

No significant differences between matched cohorts

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

Outcomes after cardiac arrest in Medical Intensive Care Unit: A propensity score matching analysis of COVID-19 MICU vs non COVID-19 MICU cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 28 June 2023. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109890

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